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| | Title | The Emperor of All Maladies | | Author | Mukherjee, Siddhartha | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Medical | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781439170915 | | US Price | $20 | | CDN Price | $27 | | Pages | 608 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. |
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| | Title | Why Buddhism is True | | Author | Wright, Robert | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Psychology | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781439195468 | | US Price | $18 | | CDN Price | $25 | | Pages | 336 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. |
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| | Title | The Soul of an Octopus | | Author | Montgomery, Sy | | Sub-Imprint | Atria Books | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Nature | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781451697728 | | US Price | $16.99 | | CDN Price | $22.99 | | Pages | 272 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * Starred Booklist and Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year
“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK
“One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR
Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. |
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| | Title | The Innovators | | Author | Isaacson, Walter | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Technology | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781476708706 | | US Price | $18.99 | | CDN Price | $25.99 | | Pages | 560 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet. |
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| | Title | Before You Know It | | Author | Bargh, John | | Sub-Imprint | Atria Books | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Psychology | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501101229 | | US Price | $18 | | CDN Price | $25 | | Pages | 352 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | Dr. John Bargh, the world’s leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a “brilliant and convincing book” (Malcolm Gladwell) cited as an outstanding read of 2017 by Business Insider and The Financial Times—giving us an entirely new understanding of the hidden mental processes that secretly govern every aspect of our behavior. |
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| | Title | Why We Sleep | | Author | Walker, Matthew | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Science | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501144325 | | US Price | $18 | | CDN Price | $25 | | Pages | 368 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| “Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates
A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber. |
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| | Title | The Math of Life and Death | | Author | Yates, Kit | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Hardcover | | Category 1 | Mathematics | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982111878 | | US Price | $26 | | CDN Price | $35 | | Pages | 288 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| A brilliant and entertaining mathematician illuminates seven mathematical principles that shape our lives.
“Kit Yates shows how our private and social lives are suffused by mathematics. Ignorance may bring tragedy or farce. This is an exquisitely interesting book. It’s a deeply serious one too and, for those like me who have little math, it’s delightfully readable.” —Ian McEwan, author of Atonement
“Kit Yates is a natural storyteller. Through fascinating stories and examples, he shows how maths is the beating heart of so much of modern life. An exciting new voice in the world of science communication.” —Marcus du Sautoy, author of The Music of the Primes |
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| | Title | The End of Everything | | Author | Mack, Katie | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Hardcover | | Category 1 | Science | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982103545 | | US Price | $26 | | CDN Price | $35 | | Pages | 240 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIAN
“A thrilling tour of potential cosmic doomsdays....Mack’s infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom elevates The End of Everything over any other book on the topic.” —The Wall Street Journal
“I found it helpful—not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding—to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos.” —James Gleick, The New York Times Book Review
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. |
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| | Title | Extraordinary Insects | | Author | Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Science | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982112882 | | US Price | $17 | | CDN Price | $23 | | Pages | 256 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | This enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we could not survive without them is “a joy” (The Times, London) and “charming...Highlighting them in all their buzzing, stinging, biting glory” (The New York Times Book Review). |
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| | Title | A Lab of One's Own | | Author | Colwell, PhD, Rita | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Hardcover | | Category 1 | Biography & Autobiography | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501181276 | | US Price | $27 | | CDN Price | $36 | | Pages | 288 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | A riveting memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. |
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